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kleptēs G2812

κλέπτης (kleptēs) means “thief” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

κλέπτης Greek · G2812 16 tagged occurrences in 16 verses

Pronunciation guide: klep'-tace Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G2812

κλέπτης · kleptēs · thief

κλέπτης, -ου, ὁ [in LXX for גַּנָּב ;] a thief: Mat.6:19-20 24:43, Luk.12:33, 39, Jhn.10:1, 10 12:6, 1Co.6:10, 1Pe.4:15. Fig., ὡς κ. ἐν νυκτί, 1Th.5:2 5:4 (κλέπτας, WH, txt., R, mg.; see Lft., Notes, 73; but cf. also M, Th., l.with), 2Pe.3:10, Rev.3:3 16:15. Metaphorical, of false teachers, Jhn.10:8.† SYN.: λῃστής, a robber, a brigand who plunders, openly, with violence; κ. is a thief who steals in secret, by fraud and cunning (Tr., Syn., § xliv) (AS)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

a thief.

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How translators render G2812

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
a thief 7
thief 5
thieves 4
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
a thief 8
thieves 4
the thief 3
thief 1

Verses containing G2812

Page 1 of 1. 16 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Matthew 6:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.

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  2. Matthew 6:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.

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  3. Matthew 24:43 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But understand this: If the homeowner had known in which watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into.

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  4. Luke 12:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide yourselves with purses that will not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.

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  5. Luke 12:39 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But understand this: If the homeowner had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into.

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  6. John 10:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever does not enter the sheepfold by the gate, but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber.

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  7. John 10:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    All who came before Me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.

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  8. John 10:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come that they may have life, and have it in all its fullness.

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  9. John 12:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Judas did not say this because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief. As keeper of the money bag, he used to take from what was put into it.

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  10. 1 Corinthians 6:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.

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  11. 1 Thessalonians 5:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For you are fully aware that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.

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  12. 1 Thessalonians 5:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But you, brothers, are not in the darkness so that this day should overtake you like a thief.

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  13. 1 Peter 4:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Indeed, none of you should suffer as a murderer or thief or wrongdoer, or even as a meddler.

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  14. 2 Peter 3:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and its works will be laid bare.

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  15. Revelation 3:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Remember, then, what you have received and heard. Keep it and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know the hour when I will come upon you.

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  16. Revelation 16:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Behold, I am coming like a thief. Blessed is the one who remains awake and clothed, so that he will not go naked and let his shame be exposed.”

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